GM of THE YEAR: BPA
is pleased to award the GM of the Year honor for
2006 to Don Chappell of Arlington, TX. Don
won the award as the
longtime GM of We The People which has been
a steady favorite anchoring
the Saturday CDW schedule of WBC for years.
The Texan stood out in a
field of fine GMs, in part, by hosting a
novice division in a Class C
event for new players and helping them along
in the competition while
limiting his own play largely to that of
eliminator or facilitator.
Only after having gained the experience of
playing amongst themselves
were the newbies ushered into the shark pool.
Don also augmented his
event by offering numerous supplementary
prizes of period books out of
his own pocket. As our GM of the Year, Don
will receive free lodging at
the 2007 WBC. For more details, see http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc06/topgm.htm.

EURO QUEST IV: Euro Quest IV
starts tomorrrow! Jay Tummelson of Rio
Grande Games whose popular Cafe Jay demonstration
area has been a
feature of WBC for years will make his first
appearance at this year's
Euro Quest where he promises to bring demo
copies of all the new Essen
game releases. Euro Quest IV is scheduled
for Days Hotel in Timonium,
MD, November 9th-12th. Complete details are
available on line at http://www.boardgamers.org/specific/eq06ann.htm.

D-DAY IX: The ninth Breakout
Normandy mini-con will be held November
10th-12th at the Days Hotel in Timonium,
MD as part of Euro Quest. The
tournament is a five-round swiss event. One
fee covers participation in
either or both conventions. See http://www.boardgamers.org/specific/bkn06ann.htm for
details.

WBC 2006 AFTER ACTION REPORTS: Individual
event reports for each of
WBCs tournaments are now posted at http://www.boardgamers.org/yearbook.
Each page contains the GM's
report plus Century status, 2006 laurelist
photos, career laurel
updates, and photos of the summer's event
as only BPA does it.

CALL FOR NEW EVENTS: If you'd
like to introduce a new event to WBC (or
return an old one) NOW is the time to submit
an event form to GM that
event next summer. Only by doing so before
November 30, 2006, will that
event be added to the ballot for our Annual
December Membership Drive.
See the list of events already eligible to
be run and those that will
be on the ballot at http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc/orphans.htm and
get an
event form at http://www.boardgamers.org/forms/EventForm07.htm.

DECEMBER MEMBERSHIP DRIVE: Prospective
BPA members are urged NOT to
renew memberships for 2007 until the December
membership application is
posted with the 2007 Ballot for Trial events.
That page will be updated
on or about December 1st, 2006.

NAPOLEON MOVES SOUTH: Congratulations
to Kevin Sudy of Reston, VA, who
won the 4th meeting of Waterloo on October
15th in Greenville, SC. The
Napoleonic Wars mini-con used a change of
venue and format to breath
new life into the conference with 32 players
enjoying the hospitality
of the Greenville Mafia. With British wins
in short supply all weekend,
Kevin's redcoats peaked at the right time
to win the most important
game of the conference with a Turn 2 victory
for all the marbles. Also
earning laurels were Ken Gutermuth, Rich
Shipley, Bruce Young, Henry
Russell and Scott Pfeifer. More details are
available at http://www.boardgamers.org/specific/wat06.htm.

RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN: The 7th BPA Sponsored Russian Campaign (4th Edition)
PBeM Tournament will get underway November 27th. The event will be
single elimination, 10-turn Barbarossa scenario (with Schoose Option)
and three month rounds. See
http://www.russiancampaign.net/bpapbemVII.htm.

BITTER WOODS: Cranking up for the 62nd anniversary of the battle, the
BPA Bitter Woods PBeM tournament will commence on December 16th using
13 week rounds. The default scenario will be the eight-turn tournament
scenario, but players may agree to play the Six-turn Tournament or the
Patton's Relief of Bastogne scenario instead. See the details at http://members.aol.com/bobmryan/BWHome.htm.

BARBAROSSA TO BERLIN: The fourth round of this Single Elimination
tournament has been completed with Hans Frey, Stefan Mecay and Tasos
Tsoufis advancing to the Semi-Finals. Mark Sundlie has been pressed
into service as the Eliminator and should he prevail, this could be the
last round. Check out the details at http://www.geocities.com/ww2bt.

Anyone interested in running an email
tournament is invited to inquire. BPA members
who would like to see an email tournament
for their favorite game are encouraged
to step forward as the GM of such an event.
BPA does not run tournaments. Rather, we
are an organization of gamers lending support
to one another so such events can happen. No one cares as much
about your hobby as you do. Get involved. See the requirements
to host a BPA email tournament at http://www.abovethefields.com/top_pbem.

All BPA PBeM tournaments require current
BPA membership when the event
starts. All multi-day paid attendees to WBC
are current BPA members for
the balance of that calendar year. Associate
Calendar year memberships
enabling play in all PBeM events starting
in that year cost only $10.
You need not keep your membership current
in order to finish a PBeM
event. Players may join the BPA throughout
the year. Members are
reminded they can upgrade their current memberships
at any time by
remitting the additional funds. See http://www.boardgamers.org/bpaterms.htm for
details.

Don Greenwood
WBC Convention Director

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